Friday, December 30, 2011

Names of the Victims of the Mandalla Blast!



Below is a list of victims of the Xmas bombing at St. Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State.

Anthony Okoronkwo, Comrade Dike A. Williams, Emmanuel Dike, Richard Dike, Lillian Dike, Linda Chioma Obiukwu, Uche Q. Obiukwu, Chindinma Cythia Obiukwu, Ifeoma G. Obiukwu, Ann Chinedu Aigbadon, Chiemeri Nwachukwu, Cecilia Ebeku, Oluebube Faustina Pius, Chidera Sylvia Pius, Florence Nwachukwu, Eucharia Ewoh, Joseph Daniel,Inspector Titus Eze, Obasi Jonathan Onyebuchi, Ehiawaguan Peter,    Uche Esiri,    Sgt. Kadiri Danjuma, Unidentified person (5)

Victims at the National Hospital
Paulina Koju, Chukwudi Umeh, Christiana Kadiri, Esther Agbo,    David Agbo,    Hellen Okolo, Mercy Agbo, John Agbo, Obiukwu Uche Stella, Ebuka Abuyi, Celestine Aniowo, Michael Sunday, Lucy Unji,    Chiamaka Obiukwu, Favour  Dike, Chimaobi Dike, Favour Agbo,    Maria Obodugo,Kosisochukwu Egbo, Nzubechukwu Pius, Obodo Linus, Austin Ogbugu, Chuks Ajuwe, Esther Ibu, Blessing Philip, Isaac  Ibu, Kenedilim Aloysius.


Some of those who died in the blast.
Specialists Hospital Gwagwalada
Innocent Okoronkwo (Intensive Unit), Chima Ohazurume, Justina Uche, Chinyere Amaechi, Ifeanyi Emenaba,    Fidelia Onugwu, Chinyere Anthony,     Sadiq Idris, Onyinyi Peace Eneh, Clara Iwuozor, Pauline Okoronkwo, Uche Bonaventure, Uche Michael,  Lawal Abubakar,     Victor James.

General Hospital Suleja
Owen Sylvester, Danlamin Isah (passer-by), Ali Sani (passer-by)

Major Hospital Kwamba
Edeh Christiana

Delight Hospital Suleja
Roseline Okeke, Chisom Eucharia Okoye

Suzan Hospital Suleja
Chukwuebuka Obiakor, Jenifer Obiakor, Chidera Obiakor, Beatrice Otogo.

Daughter of Charity Kubwa
Oliver Ogbona, Remmy Ofoha, Francis Raphael

Diamond Crest Hospital Zuba
Gabriel Christiana, Michael Nwanze, Achunike Okolo, Fvaour,    Ugochukwu, Nzube Pius

State House Clinic Abuja
Uche Thaddeus, Tanko Mpan,    Lucy Wumi,    Unknown

Lucas Hospital Madalla
Dominic Mbeng,     Agnes Justin Wadzani, Samuel Eze, Ugwu Calistus,    Raphael Okoro.

Solace Hospital Suleja
Jane Francis Mmadunacho, Unknown

General Hospital Kubwa
PC  Ibrahim Gaita.

Christmas Day Massacre: 10,000 protest in Kaduna.





KADUNA – No fewer than 10,000 people marched in Zonkwa, headquarters of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State denouncing and condemning the Christmas Day bombing of a church in Madalla, near Suleja, Niger State, where about 30 people were killed and several others injured.

The protesters called for a united action against terrorism, insisting  that God had a divine purpose for creating Nigeria, and as such, the country must not be allowed to be destroyed by evil men posing as champions of  religion.


Speaking after the three kilometre procession at the Zonkwa play ground, Chairman Zangon Kataf Council of the   Christian Association of Nigeria , CAN, Rev.  Sunday Ibrahim, said that God did not create man for another man to kill with satanic pleasure in the guise of fighting for God.

Said Ibrahim: “In Madalla, unarmed men, women and children were praying to God and were without provocation bombed. That was just one of the several terrorism acts carried out on churches by people who hate God and his children.

“They kill people with satanic pleasure to please, certainly, not our God. God has a divine purpose for every human being. God has a divine purpose for the creation of Nigeria.
“No man has a right to kill any man. God did not allow Nigeria to be created for someone to destroy. Christians and all those who believe in peace must speak up against terrorism. If you don’t stand up against terrorism, one day you would stand on the Judgment day and face your creator”, he said.”

Probably what we need, more aggressive protests perhaps, until something positive is done.

We’re still talking with govt – ASUU President.



Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) National President, Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, said the union is still talking with government on the resolution of the crisis that caused the indefinite strike which has crippled academic activities in public universities across the country.

“Well, some proposals have been made and we are still talking, something is happening. The main issue is funding. Government is looking for money to fund the university system”, he told Education Vanguard in a brief interview on Tuesday.

On the 70 years retirement for academics on professorial cadre as demanded by ASUU, he said this is secondary because, “it’s the sacrifice academicians will make as retiring at 65 years still make them to earn their salaries and entitlements for life”.

He added: “The main thing is the decay of infrastructure, laboratories not there. The problem is lack of laboratories, workshops, classrooms, libraries, hostels and so on conducive for learning which are in deplorable state and govt will need funds to upgrade these facilities in order for our students to compete with others in the world”.
Awuzie said Nigeria can’t be there and take its place among other universities in the world if there are no facilities for teaching and research.

On how long that the strike will last as ASUU action is never an overnight thing, the national president said: “The strike is not a tea party and so we expect that government is working towards resolving the dispute. At this time and level, things should be faster so that the issues are settled”.

Also lending a voice, Dr. Karo Ogbinaka, the Chairman, ASUU-UNILAG, in a press conference held recently by his chapter said that government should stop treating the governing councils of universities as parastatal that can be dissolved at will.

He said that the absence of governing council in all federal universities is affecting the expected dialogue between FG and ASUU, adding that if nothing is done it may spell doom for the country.

According to him, what government does with the universities council is simply turning them into government parastatal, whereby if the universities want to do anything, they would run to government for approval.

Ogbinaka said that government’s dissolution of governing councils of universities immediately after the warning strike was done in bad faith.

According to him, the dissolution of councils of federal universities has affected the administration of universities in the country, especially on the need to resolve the crisis in the system because government can only discuss through Council members.

The don also tasked government to appoint persons who are capable of attracting funding to universities and not politicians who see themselves as contractors to the various universities where they were appointed.

ASUU, he said, is asking for adequate funding of university education and not adequate payment of lecturers, stressing that when the system is well funded it would attract best brains around the world.

Also reacting, Dr. Jimoh Abayomi, Secretary, ASUU-LASU said FG will usually not take things serious due to the festive seasons. But during the new year they may come out with full seriousness to treat those core areas of our demands.

The Senate committee on education under the leadership of Senator Chukwuemeka Chukwumerije had recently met with ASUU.

“However, our core areas of demands remains the university funding, 70 years retirement age for members in the Professorial cadre and the creation of Research and Development units. We are not agitating that FG should implement one or all before we can suspend the strike, but what we are saying is that if only the government will show seriousness towards the implementation of these core demands, then ASUU is likely to suspend the strike”. “FG should stop coming on air to make empty promises to Nigerians”, he enthused.

Federal Government to create 2 Million jobs in 2012.




The Federal Government has assured unemployed youths in the country that over two million jobs will be created through the Ministry of Science and Technology cluster concept.

Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. Ita Ewa, who stated this at the 2011 ministerial briefing, said the job creation was aimed at fast-tracking development of rural communities in Nigeria.

The minister said:  “The ministry has informed Mr. President on the use of cluster concept in developing our rural communities.

“The ministry will forward a council’s memo to the Federal Executive Council for approval. This project will eventually generate at least 2,000,000 jobs in many sectors of the economy, in 2011 and 2012 using the ministry’s incubation programme, industrial cluster programme, technology licensing and technology franchising.

”Beyond this, potential jobs to be created by the concept on incremental basis will net up to six million jobs through mainstream industrial activities and two million jobs through backward stream made up of primary producers of, and traders in, raw materials, farm gate processors, small scale miners, transporters of raw materials, providers of primary production inputs.

Boko Haram is Jihad on Christians – CAN.




ABUJA –  NIGERIA Christians under the auspices of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Wednesday described the Christmas Day terrorists attacks on Christians and churches in Madalla, Jos, Damaturu and Maiduguri as a declaration of Islamic Jihad on Christians.

The leadership of CAN led by its President, Ayo Oritshejafor, in a prepared speech at a meeting last night with President Goodluck Jonathan, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, blamed the attacks on Islamic, religious and traditional rulers for not publicly condemning the activities of the sect adding that its members may have no other option than to fight back when attacked.

President Jonathan, in his response, however, called for calm, assuring that government was on top of the situation as some arrests have been made and they will soon be prosecuted.

While revealing that countries facing similar attacks have offered help to Nigerians, he revealed plans to restructure and re-adjust his team that will meet with the challenges facing the nation today.

The CAN president who declared that they have lost confidence in government’s ability to protect Christians in the country, however, assured President Jonathan of CAN’s continuous prayers and support for his government to succeed.

President Goodluck Jonathan with Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor during the meeting,Wednesday night at the State House Abuja.
The CAN prepared text reads: “After consultation with Christian community which constitutes the majority of the Nigerian population. I have been mandated to convey as follows:

“The Christian community in Nigeria is deeply sorrowed over the detoriating state of insecurity in the  country and apparent inability of the government to protect and guarantee lives, churches and properties of our members. Our hearts especially goes out to the bereaved families of the 2011 Christmas Day bombings at Madalla, Jos, Damaturu and Maiduguri where over 50 christian faithful have reported to have been killed through the most recent attacks.

“The concern of the Christian Community is further heightened by the admittance by government itself that it has knowledge of the perpetrators of these crimes, unfortunately there are no convincing high profile arrest to assuage public anxiety over this matter.

“Having reviewed the pattern, trend and frequency with which these terror crimes occur, it fits into the profile of Islamic Jihad over the years on the christian community, which properly are contextualised. It is considered as a declaration of war on Christians
and Nigeria as an entity.

“The Christian community has found the responses of the Supreme Council for Islamic affairs and other Islamic bodies on this matter to be unacceptable and abdication of their responsibilities over their extremist members. It is on record that most religious, traditional and political leaders in the North have not come out openly to condemn the extremist activities of Boko Haram, we hold them responsible for what is happening, because they have not taken concrete steps to check the excesses of their members.

“The Christian Community is fast loosing confidence in government’s ability to protect our rights to religious liberties and life. The consensus is that the Christian community nationwide would be left with no other option than to respond appropriately if there are any further attacks on our members, churches and properties. We wish to reassure Mr. President of our continued support and prayers for the success of his government. Thank you, God bless you and bless Nigerians”.

President Jonathan who thanked the CAN leadership for the visit and their commitment to prayers for the country and the government over this period, assured that his administration was on top of the situation.

“Let me express my personal condolence and that of my family and indeed that of the government and people of this country to CAN for the Christmas incidents at the Madallah Church and those of Yobe and Jos and of course to the families that lost their loved ones in the ugly incidents.

“I have listened attentively to the statement of CAN but let me again reassure CAN and indeed Nigerians that any terror attack on any individual or structure in this country is an attack on all of us because terrorists don’t have boundary. That is why some of them can even go to the extreme of suicide bombing. You see somebody throw an explosive into the market, he does not even care whether his father or mother is there”.

He described terrorism as ugly “that is why some people described it as attack of the evil ones on a decent society. Yes, one will expect government to do more and government will surely do more. One thing I normally mention is that yes, we have been coping with criminals in this country. The most ferocious are the armed robberies. We have never experienced armed robbery before the civil war. It was after the civil war Nigeria started experiencing armed robbery. Since then, government has been battling armed robbery. But then, this terror attack is new to us but I can assure you that we are doing our best to make sure that we get over it. Other countries that have experienced it are also helping us. Both African and non-African countries that have suffered attacks are assisting. I encourage Nigerians to work with government because when we work together collectively, we will get over it.

“The terrorists are human beings, they are not spirits, they live with us, they dine with us. We know them, people know them. As long as Nigerians are committed to expose them, we will get over this ugly situation. At the security level, we are doing our best, we will restructure, we will re-adjust and make sure we get a team that will meet with the challenge we are facing today.

“When in December 2009, a Nigerians was caught in a flight to US, we were all surprised and embarrassed. We thought such people were not living with us, that probably he was contaminated outside. Now we have come to meet the reality that we have terrorists and even suicide bombers among us. We must fish them out, we only ask for the cooperation of all Nigerians.

“And I will plead with religious leaders, both Muslims and Christian leaders, to work together because terrorism is like a cancer to the body, it starts from somewhere and spread to all the organs of the body. It is like a flood and a big storm, it starts from somewhere and before you know, it goes to places you never expected. So if anybody is dancing round and thinking that it is not its turn today, it will be worse off. So the best thing is for all religious leaders , opinion and traditional leader not to politicise the situation”.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Cross River to sue US rapper.


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The Cross River State Government has hired lawyers in the United States to sue rapper, Rick Ross, for breach of contract.
The government stated this in a BlackBerry Messenger broadcast on Wednesday morning.
Ross was expected to perform today at the Calabar Festival but failed to turn up for unknown reasons.
The BBM broadcast reads, "‎​Please be informed that Rick Ross has  cancelled his performance at Calabar Festival after accepting full performance fee.
"The rapper, Rick Ross, has issued a statement cancelling his performance at the Calabar Festival, scheduled for December 28, 2011, for reasons not related to his recent surgery and seizures.  "The performer’s cancellation is unexpected and the reasons are unknown to Cross River State since he has confirmed receipt of his entire performance fee many weeks ago.
"Currently, Cross River State and its agents have retained counsel in the United States to pursue their legal and monetary remedies against the artist."

Why Jerusalem Detained Seven Nigerian Pilgrims.


Sometimes, the unexpected happens and when they do, people get surprised. These guys committed no crime, the security operatives were just trying to do their job the way they know best. They were later released and made to re-joined with their mates.

Seven Nigerian pilgrims to Jerusalem, including two priests and a woman, have alleged poor treatment in the hands of Israeli security operatives, saying they were unjustly detained in prison for about 11 hours without committing any offense. The pilgrims said they arrived Tel Av-iv Airport on December 15, from Rome where they were arrested and put into a Black Maria on the pretext that they entered Israel illegally.

According to one the returnees, Rev. Father Anthony Zakka, those detained included the Chaplain of the Government House, Adamawa State and Assistant Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in the state, Rev. Mike Agbon and five other pilgrims, including a female official of the Kaduna State Christian Pilgrims Board.
Rev. Zakka said: “We left Rome on December 15 for Jerusalem (Israel). At 2.30a.m. Israeli time, we were arrested. Six of us were men with one woman, an official of Kaduna Pilgrims Welfare Board.
“We were accused of entering Israel illegally as, according to them, our names were not among those sent by the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, NCPC.
“Incidentally, while this was going on, NCPC officials who were with us did not do anything. They just walked away. This was at the Bengurion Airport. 
“They took us to prison after stripping us. We were kept inside the prison with a Russian who had already spent six days there.
“They took away our clothes and took the woman to another section while they separated the rest of us into two groups and detained us separately.
“At 10a.m. I started banging on the door of our prison cell but they ignored us. Later they took us back to re-join the other pilgrims and to continue with our religious duties.
“At the Ankalia Airport, Turkey, Nigerian officials also dumped us there for five hours without explaining what was wrong.
“These sorts of things should not happen in a decent society.
“Some us who went for Jerusalem pilgrimage add JP after their names, but for us you will be free to call us Jerusalem Pilgrims Prisoner, JPP,” Father Zakka added.

Islamic School Bombed In Delta State.


Residents of Sapele, headquarters of Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, South-South Nigeria have been living in fear since yesterday after two unidentified men riding in a car threw an explosive into the Islamic school in the town.
According to eyewitnesses, the two attackers who drove off immediately targeted the mosque beside the Islamic school.
One person was critically injured and was rushed to a nearby hospital while at least 20 other Moslem worshippers in the mosque sustained injuries.
P.M.NEWS gathered that the mosque and the school were badly damaged by the devastating explosion.
A council official who does not want his name mentioned confirmed the incident to our correspondent this morning, adding that it has heightened the tension in the town.
He also confirmed that two unidentified men who were riding in a car threw the explosion.
The injured persons were taken to Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara but were rejected on the fear that they could be Boko Haram members. But they were later admitted at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Edo State.
As at press time, about 12 noon today, soldiers had cordoned off the mosque and the Islamic school along Boyo Road, Sapele.
A cameraman with Independent Radio/Television, ITV Benin City, Joe Amina was brutally beaten by soldiers who prevented her from taking the photographs of the affected mosque after the soldiers had taken over the area.
Another source said most of the injured are Moslem children in the Islamic school. The source confirmed seeing eight of the children.
Nobody or group has claimed responsibility for the bombing. While some people said the attack might be to avenge the bombing of a church on Christmas Day at Madalla by Boko Haram sect members, others argued otherwise.
However, a similar explosion rocked the same mosque about a month ago.
Sources blamed last month’s bombing on an in-fighting between two feuding groups in the mosque.
According to sources, a group wanted their newly posted Chief Imam to preach in Arabic while the other group said to be liberal wanted the Imam to preach in English.
The second group said Sapele is not in the North and the worshippers understand English language.
Residents have been gripped with fear especially with the presence of soldiers at the scene of the explosion.

Gov Aliyu: We Know Boko Haram Sponsors.












I want to assure all Nigerians that there is no conflict between Christians and Muslims, between Islam and Christianity. It is a conflict between evil people and good people and the good people are more than the evil doers. The good people must come together to defeat the evil ones and that is the message.  — SULTAN
Niger State Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has said that the time has come for governors and  President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently go after the sponsors of the Boko Haram sect. “We know the sponsors of the sect,” said the governor.
According to Aliyu, the only way to end the acts of bombing across the Northern states is to go after the masterminds of the sect.
Aliyu, who stated this when he paid a visit  to the leaders of the Saint Theresa’s Catholic Church Madalla, in Suleja, said  that the Madalla church attack should be a turning point to end the bombings attributed to the sect.
He said: “We know highly placed people up there as sponsors of the sect and it is time for Mr. President, security agents and all of us to go after the sponsors of the Boko Haram now. This is a pure act of terrorism and not religious.”
He added that it was time for President Jonathan  to act decisively to end the killings of innocent citizens. He sympathised with the church and the families of victims.
Aliyu announced the setting up of a ministerial committee to assess the damages and take a census of those affected in order to compensate the victims.
The parish priest of the church, Rev. Father Isaac Achi, confirmed that the leaders of the church had ascertained that 22 members of the church died in the incident, adding that several other people were still missing.
Father Achi recalled that the most pathetic was a case of a nine-year-old child that was thrown over three houses and found on top of the roof of a building as a result of the blast.
He said: “This morning, we rushed two members to hospital while two others were taken to hospital yesterday as a result of the impact of the blast.
“A suicide bomber was forcing his way into the church before he was stopped by the police, and, on interrogation, he detonated the bomb, killing dozens.”
LEADERSHIP checks at the Suleja General Hospital revealed that all the victims of the blasts who were at the hospital were either transferred to the National Hospital or the Gwagwalada Teaching Hospital, Abuja.
Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday engaged the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, in an emergency meeting over the Christmas Day bombing of a Catholic Church in Madalla, near Abuja, and other blasts that targeted a church in Jos and the SSS headquarters in Damaturu, Yobe State.
The Sultan came out from the meeting that lasted over two hours in the president’s residence at the presidential villa, Abuja, declaring that despite the killings and bombings, there was no conflict between Christians and Muslims in the country. It was a war between evil people and good people in which the good people overshadowed the bad ones in large numbers, he said.
This is even as the national security adviser (NSA), General Andrew Azazi, who was present at the meeting, lamented that Nigeria was too large an entity to be policed absolutely. “It is absolutely difficult to man every point of the country when there are security problems,” said Azazi.
The meeting, LEADERSHIP gathered, came at the instance of a directive issued by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the umbrella Christian association, in the 19 northern states and Abuja on Boxing Day to Christians, charging them to defend themselves against violent attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist group.
Addressing State House correspondents immediately after the meeting, the Sultan said: “We came in here to felicitate and commiserate with Mr President over the unfortunate incident that happened in this period. We’ve had very positive meetings with Mr. President on so many things and how to move this country forward, how to make our country stable and to approach those challenges that are facing Nigeria on a common ground.
“I want to assure all Nigerians that there is no conflict between Christians and Muslims, between Islam and Christianity. It is a conflict between evil people and good people and the good people are more than the evil doers. The good people must come together to defeat the evil ones, and that is the message.
“We want to assure all our Christian brothers, leaders, that we stand on the path of truth according to our religion; that we will continue to work Insha Allahu for the greatness of this country.
“As I said, there is no conflict between Islam and Christianity and I want to assure that we will do all we can in the best of our ability to solve the numerous problems confronting our country.”
The Sultan hinted that in the meeting with the president, they agreed that the way out of the crisis was for the government to look at all the past reports, including the one set up by the president on the North-East crisis, and also the Solomon Lar report on the Plateau.
“At the resumption of work, Mr. President and his team will look through all these reports and then call for a meeting of a larger body for consultation with all of us, both religious and traditional leaders.  So, we believe that is a very good way because we have to close ranks, because nowhere in our two religions, both Christianity and Islam, is it said that we should be violent in dealing with one another,” he said.
When told that Nigerians are worried that religious leaders were not speaking out enough, the Sultan said, “Have we not been speaking out? Did you read the press statement I issued out the day before yesterday? What else do you want us to say? We are totally against what has been happening, we totally condemn all these. Nobody can take anybody’s life, it’s unIslamic, it’s unGodly. All lives are sacred, must be respected and protected by all. So we have been speaking out. We all know what the situations are and we can only advise the government and we have been advising the government on several occasions.”

Asked whether he condemns the perpetrators of the terrorist acts openly and then goes back to back them out of fear, he said: “There is no fear. I only speak as a Muslim leader and leader of Muslims and you know that we don’t say what we don’t mean and what we don’t do. It is against Islam; a special verse in the Holy Koran says so: “Don’t speak what you don’t do”.
“It is distasteful in the eyes of Almighty Allah, but we are quite aware of Almighty Allah’s instruction to always speak the truth because we will go back to Him to give account of what we have done on earth. So whatever we say to anybody or any group at any time, we wholly mean so.”
Also speaking after the meeting, General Azazi assured that security operatives were working hard to make sure that they get ahead of the situation.
On the recurring incidents of bombings along the Suleja-Zuba axis, the NSA said, “It is absolutely difficult to man every point of the country when there are security problems. Like I have said before, there is need for security awareness. There is need for public participation so that there must be cooperation between security and the society for us to make progress.”
On possible reprisal attack by the Christians, Azazi said, “We can’t have a situation where we think that one bad turn deserves another. We are Nigerians and, like we always say, I don’t see any major conflict between the Christian community and the Muslim community. You will find a situation where certain individuals, for whatever reasons, are causing these problems.
“Have we thought of what their ultimate intentions are?
Why will somebody go on to bomb Christians on Christmas Day? Look at the ultimate intentions. Do they want to really raise temper elsewhere? I think the Christian leaders (CAN) are meeting tomorrow to emphasise to the Christians that we must live together as a nation. Retaliation is not the answer because if you retaliate, at what point will it end? Nigeria must survive as a nation, that is the key thing.”
On whether there were plans to overhaul the country’s security system, the NSA said, “When you say overhaul, what do you mean? We need to improve security certainly. What changes are you talking about? Why changes in leadership? Everybody thinks that if you change leaders in security, everything will work fine. If you ask a very simple question: what kind of security system have we been managing? Have the structures all been so good that we can overall produce result?
Meanwhile, Italy, Spain and Russia have condoled with Nigeria over the Christmas Day bombings and promised to assist the country in tackling the menace of Boko Haram sect.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has described the Christmas Day bombing “Cruelty and cynicism” even as he pledged support to cooperate with the international community in addressing the menace.
The Russian President in a condolence letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, which was made available to LEADERSHIP by the Russian embassy  on Tuesday in Abuja, said that terrorism was a global problem which must be addressed together and that “Russia is ready to cooperate with the international community in fighting this menace.”
In a similar development, the Spanish government also condoled with Jonathan and said: “The Spanish government expresses its solidarity and support to the people of Nigeria in the fight against terrorism and in its determination to hunt down the perpetrators of these attacks.”